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TIL #143 – Resolve a lazy import manually(opens in new tab)
Learn how to work around the Python machinery to resolve an explicit lazy import manually. A couple of articles ago I wrote about how you could inspect a lazy import. Apparently, you can use a similar trick to check the ...
Configuring systemd-resolved to use custom DNS(opens in new tab)
If you’ve ever been as frustrated as I am at Ubuntu’s–technically, systemd’s–bog stubborn refusal to use the DNS servers you specify in your network configuration, this is the post for you. I personally think it’s Bloody Stupid Johnson levels of ...
Exploring with agents (Changelog Interviews #680)(opens in new tab)
Today on the show I’m talking with Amelia Wattenberger — designer, data-viz veteran, ex-GitHub Next, and now designing Intent at Augment Code. What if the last 30% of any software project is about to become the hardest part you’ve ever ...
Kubernetes v1.36: Fine-Grained Kubelet API Authorization Graduates to GA(opens in new tab)
On behalf of Kubernetes SIG Auth and SIG Node, we are pleased to announce the graduation of fine-grained kubelet API authorization to General Availability (GA) in Kubernetes v1.36! The KubeletFineGrainedAuthz feature gate was introduced as an opt-in alpha feature in ...
Day 3: Stop Writing Dockerfiles From Scratch(opens in new tab)
Stop writing Dockerfiles from scratch. A Docker Captain walks through docker init, layer caching, multi-stage builds, and docker debug for 2026.
Self-Host Weekly (24 April 2026) (opens in new tab)
Big tech giveth, and big tech taketh away
What Actually Happens When You Run kubectl run nginx(opens in new tab)
Every step of what happens when you run kubectl run nginx on Kubernetes. From argv to etcd Raft, scheduler, CRI, CNI, runc, and PLEG.
Laying the Foundation with Joe Beda(opens in new tab)
Fork Around and Get EmailSponsor FAFOFM"Everyone is a beginner at one point." Even one of the creators of Kubernetes. If you're listening to this podcast then Joe has had an impact on what you do. He's worked on everything from ...
At Machine Speed(opens in new tab)
Yesterday, I opened Discord to a message from my friend Bastian Allgeier that I had never quite seen in all the years I’ve been building sites with his Kirby CMS. “Today we are releasing our biggest security release in the ...
Kubernetes v1.36: User Namespaces in Kubernetes are finally GA(opens in new tab)
After several years of development, User Namespaces support in Kubernetes reached General Availability (GA) with the v1.36 release. This is a Linux-only feature. For those of us working on low level container runtimes and rootless technologies, this has been a ...
Day 2: Your Images Are a Supply Chain - and It's Probably Broken(opens in new tab)
It’s a lot to process(opens in new tab)
… everything. I need to know less, but I know more. Trying to cultivate a life which allows me to know less while still participating in society requires me to...
What I did on Parental Leave(opens in new tab)
I get this question a lot so wanted to summarize what I've been up to all in one place. In 2026.01 I started my 16 week parental leave for my first born. Here's what I did. Parenting First and foremos...
I released a song for the first time in 15 years(opens in new tab)
Everyone should make music in some shape or form. You don’t even have to be very good at it.
Own Your Web – Issue 18: Curators(opens in new tab)
Hi All! 🤗 The Latin word curare means “to take care of.” It’s the root of curator – a person whose work is not to create, but to care. To select, to arrange, to provide context. In a museum, the ...
Day 1: What Actually Happens When You Type docker run(opens in new tab)
Containers aren't VMs. They're Linux processes. A Docker Captain explains namespaces, cgroups, and how Docker really works on your Mac in 2026.
Cryptographic Right Answers: Post-Quantum Edition(opens in new tab)
There recently has been a lot of noise about quantum computing breakthroughs recently after Google's articles Quantum frontiers may be closer than they appear and Safeguarding cryptocurrency by disclosing quantum
Collaborative Editing as Progressive Enhancement(opens in new tab)
Why High-Level Rust Wins Over Other High-Level Languages for Agentic Engineering(opens in new tab)
For the past couple months I've been writing High-Level Rust which gives ~80% of its benefits with ~20% of its pain. One of the biggest pieces of feedback I've gotten is why not just use a high-level ...
What you can do in a decade(opens in new tab)
I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful reflections.
Compare AI Coding Agents and Terminals on Terminal Trove(opens in new tab)
Added AI coding agents, more terminals, terminal bench benchmarks and new comparison tables on Terminal Trove.
hzfind(opens in new tab)
A CLI/TUI to find the best Hetzner Server Auction deals.
10,000-watt GPU meet 40-watt lump of meat(opens in new tab)
The use of AI is leading to burnout among its greatest advocates as they hit the limit of their meta-cognitive abilities: “I end each day exhausted—not from the work itself, but from the managing of the work. Six worktrees open, ...
Celebrating computers at Omacon(opens in new tab)
#477: Lazy, Frozen, and 31% Lighter(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: Django Modern Rest Already playing with Python 3.15 Cutting Python Web App Memory Over 31% tryke - A Rust-based Ptyhon test runner with a Jest-style API Extras Joke See the full show notes for this ...
GOOSE IT UP(opens in new tab)
I’m in school1 again. I’m going back to school because my work, my entire career, for my entire adult life, has been writing things for the Internet. That’s going away,...
Build yourself flowers(opens in new tab)
This is an edited transcript of the keynote I gave at the Applied Machine Learning Conference in Charlottesville, VA in April 2026. I first wrote a draft of this talk by hand. This part took 2 months. I then recorded ...
Self-Host Weekly (17 April 2026) (opens in new tab)
Indie computing, Linux 7.0, and a new Jellyfin client for...the Wii?
OWASP Top 10 (2025 List) for Python Devs(opens in new tab)
The OWASP Top 10 just got a fresh update, and there are some big changes: supply chain attacks, exceptional condition handling, and more. Tanya Janca is back on Talk Python to walk us through every single one of them. And ...
State of the Browser (2026) It’s 10PM: Do You Know Where Your JavaScript Is?(opens in new tab)
I don't want a screenshot of your Claude conversation(opens in new tab)
The number of screenshots of Claude conversations is going up in my life and it’s beginning to have an impact on my general mood. Most of the time it’s well-intended; coworkers working through a problem with a chatbot before bothering ...
The malleable computer(opens in new tab)
A Roadmap for Building an Extended Standard Library for Rust(opens in new tab)
Supply Chain attacks are all the rage these days, with many high-profile attacks that were carried against the Python ecosystem (with litellm), JavaScript (with axios) and WordPress in the last
Why Rust Wins in the Age of AI(opens in new tab)
For the past several months I've been searching for the Missing Programming Language - a language with a good balance of types, performance, ecosystem, and agentic AI performance. I've landed on a spe...
netwatch(opens in new tab)
Real time network diagnostics in your terminal.
Design and Engineering, As One(opens in new tab)
In the winter of 1898, a mechanical engineer named Frederick Winslow Taylor arrived at the Bethlehem Steel Company in Pennsylvania with a stopwatch and a conviction. Taylor had been thinking for years about why industrial work was so inefficient, and ...
Enter Grimdaniel(opens in new tab)
Why, where, and how I created a new app to be my new home of fiction writing.
When moving fast, talking is the first thing to break(opens in new tab)
When you make speed and “moving fast” the biggest priority on a project or in an organization, the first thing to breakdown is talking to each other. Talking takes time. Consensus is expensive and slow. In a pressurized environment there’s ...
✉️ Content Hiatus(opens in new tab)
I've decided to go on a content hiatus. This will be my last dispatch for a while. I don't know how long I'll be gone. Why? Because I've been posting to an anonymous audience on the Internet almost every day ...
Connecting the Logitech MX Creative Console to Elgato Lights(opens in new tab)
I used the GitHub Copilot CLI to generate some scripts for me to control Elgato Lights with the Logitech MX Creative Console!
9 Days in Japan - Tokyo, Hakone, and Kyoto(opens in new tab)
We recently went on a 9 day trip to Japan. It was awesome. Japan has been at the top of my bucket list since ~2020 but with Covid, getting married, and having a kid we just never found the right ...
One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment(opens in new tab)
Why we need collaborative AI engineering and a tour of Ace: the multiplayer coding workspace
Mechanical sympathy(opens in new tab)
Weaver, seen from the Front, Vincent van Gogh, 1884 Something that’s been floating around in my head lately is the idea that I don’t know any truly good engineers who are also not good at at product design. Product design ...
Deep Dish Swift 2026 recap(opens in new tab)
I spoke at Deep Dish Swift in Chicago!
Personal highlights of PyCon Lithuania 2026(opens in new tab)
In this article I share my personal highlights of PyCon Lithuania 2026. Shout out to the organisers and volunteers This was my second time at PyCon Lithuania and, for the second time in a row, I leave with the impression ...
Wheel Next + Packaging PEPs(opens in new tab)
When you pip install a package with compiled code, the wheel you get is built for CPU features from 2009. Want newer optimizations like AVX2? Your installer has no way to ask for them. GPU support? You're on your own ...
Self-Host Weekly (10 April 2026) (opens in new tab)
The document wars, e-mail hosting discourse, and the return of an old friend
font-family Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think(opens in new tab)
A quick but important reminder that font-family declarations don’t inherit fallback stacks the way many developers assume.
